The Storyteller
Greetings. I am the author behind the fog-drenched streets of Storybook. My fascination with the intersection of the mundane and the magical began in the redwood forests of Northern California, where the silence of the trees often feels like a conversation waiting to happen.
In writing Storybook, I wanted to explore the cost of "perfection" and the weight of legacy. What happens to a town that refuses to let anything bad happen? And what happens to the children who discover the gears turning beneath the surface?
What inspired the setting of Storybook?
I wanted a place that felt like a sanctuary but had the creeping dread of a surveillance state. The Victorian architecture provides that "timeless" quality that magic often inhabits.
Is Louie Leon based on anyone?
She's a composite of every stubborn, brilliant girl I've ever known who was told that her power was a problem to be solved.
Why a cat for Xavier?
Cats are the perfect observers. They see everything but can speak to no one—the ultimate frustration for a boy who used to be the center of attention.